Senior Health Program Coordinator

Under direction, the Senior Health Program Coordinator supervises, assigns, reviews, and participates in the work of staff responsible for contracted and/or county operated health programs and services, including but not limited to staff supervision, program development and implementation, program monitoring and evaluation, and coordination of services; ensures work quality and adherence to established policies and procedures; and performs the most technical and complex tasks relative to the assigned area of responsibility.

There is an additional 3.35% Management Differential which is added to the posted salary for this class.

Range A:  $8,874.00 - $10,786.25/month
Range B:  $10,765.42 - $11,868.54/month

Knowledge of

• Principles and practices of supervision, discipline, leadership, mentoring, and training
• Team dynamics and team building
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations
• Operational characteristics, services, and activities of assigned programs and functions
• Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and other specialized applications related to area of assignment
• English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation
• Techniques of contract negotiation and monitoring
• Social, economic, cultural and other issues impacting program area
• Theories, principals, goals, and objectives of public health and primary care programs
• Principles, practices, funding sources, laws and regulations, and administrative requirements in the program area to which assigned 
• Principles, practices and techniques of program planning, development and evaluation
• Principles and procedures of budget preparation and monitoring, including budgets involving grants, contracted services, and state and federal funding

Ability to

• Select, supervise, train, and evaluate staff, and/or preceptors
• Plan, coordinate, assign, and review the work of subordinate staff
• Investigate and resolve disciplinary issues
• Work independently, prioritize work, coordinate activities and meet critical deadlines
• Monitor and interpret budgets and other financial documents
• Develop and maintain cooperative, effective working relationships with others 
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing
• Interpret and apply applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations
• Apply customer service skills, including the identification of customer needs and follow up to ensure customer commitments have been met
• Collect and compile a variety of data and information
• Maintain accurate records and files
• Represent the department and/or the County of Sacramento 
• Analyze and evaluate data and information, and make appropriate recommendations

Minimum Qualifications

Five (5) years of full-time professional paid journey-level experience in a relevant health field, which has included program coordination, or lead, or supervision of program staff or operations.

Note: Completion of coursework in health care administration, a public health field, a health science, nursing or any nursing specialty, or in a related health field such as life sciences or physical sciences, or in a management field such as public administration or business administration or other field closely related to the intent of the class at an accredited college or university may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience. Related education substitutions for the required experience are computed on the basis of 3 semester units or 4.5 quarter units = 1 work month.

APPLICATION

Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. All applicants must complete and submit an online County of Sacramento employment application by 5:00 PM on the posted cut-off date. Click here or go to www.SacCountyJobc.com to apply.